Remarks on NRA rhetoric harm Texas opinion
The TEXAS OPINION piece says the NRA should rethink its communications after a letter insulted federal agents as jack-booted thugs. It notes former President Bush resigned the NRA over the slander and argues incendiary language damages support, unity, and public perception.
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U.S
National Rifle Association
George Bush
NRA
Calls for a nonpartisan inquiry into the Waco tragedy
The author argues a 1993 thorough inquiry into the Waco Mount Carmel deaths of four federal agents and over 80 Branch Davidians is overdue. A presidential style commission could deflate myth, calm rhetoric, and reveal lessons for future law enforcement and negotiation with extremists.
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Kent State
Mount Carmel
Oklahoma City Federal
Congress
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Larry Potts
Randy Weaver
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ATF
Congress of the United States
People’s Legislature
Oklahoma City
The Dow Corning case and the legacy of lawsuits
The column argues lawsuits against Dow Corning over breast implants signal a broader crisis in American justice and a rise of a parasitic class fueled by activists and lawyers. It warns that juries award multimillion dollar damages with little proven harm, citing historical parallels from Roman and Spanish decline and urging scrutiny of media and political rhetoric. Lowell, a senior Hoover Institution fellow, anchors the critique.
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Dow Corning
Edmund Burke
Spain
Karl Marx
Rome
Byzantine Empire
Ottoman Empire
Lowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Media coverage biased against Contract With America analysis
A study of network evening news during the 100 days of the Contract With America found six to one against its policies. Balanced-budget and welfare reforms drew attacks on spending, tax cuts faced skepticism, and environmental and liability reform faced critical framing.
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National Endowment For Arts
Connie Chung
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John Blackstone
Piney Woods Opry
Peter Jennings
Reagan
Jennings
Bob Schieffer
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Eugenia Halsey
GOP
America
Ray Brady
NBC
Bill Moyers
Tim O’brien
O’brien
Clinton
Clinton Bill
Gingrich
Christian Coalition
Heaven
Bozell
Media Research Center
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By Bruce Tinsley